In: Proc. IFAC Conf. on Control Systems Design (CSD'2000), 18-20 June 2000, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, pages 384-389. 2000.
Abstract: A software tool for modeling and simulation of flexible manufacturing systems is proposed in this paper. A variety of robots, conveyors and working machines can be used in building the FMSs. Control programs for the whole system are written through Petri net models. Transformation from Petri net into control program is automated. Programming language is derived from real language for robot control. Simulation is done in 3D environment with full real-time animation.
Keywords: Petri nets, discrete-event systems, flexible manufacturing systems, robot programming, software tools.